Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,654 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”
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(1923) James Weldon Johnson, “Our Democracy and the Ballot”
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Powell S. Barnett (1883-1971)
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Samuel Lee Kountz Jr. (1930-1981)

Explore Global African History

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Yasuke (ca. 1555-?)
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Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)
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John Chilembwe (ca. 1871-1915)
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Haitian Invasions and Occupation of Santo Domingo (1801-1844)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Thaddeus H. Spratlen: Scholar and Philanthropist Generating Economic Change in Black America
Running the Negro Out of Tulsa, June 1, 1921 (public domain)
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We Can Best Honor Our Past by Not Burying It: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Arvarh E. Strickland, 1930-2013: An Historian’s Life
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Jan Mostaert’s Portrait of a Moor (1520-1530)

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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